Worksheet

Decoding The Sight Word DRINK

Orthographic mapping involves the formation of letter-sound connections. It extracts the word’s spelling and stores it in long-term memory as a sight word.

Page 1.
Name the word. Say the word DRINK. Ask the child to repeat the word DRINK.
Name the individual phonemes. Point out that the word DRINK has five phonemes.
Spell each sound. Point out that the word DRINK has five graphemes.

Page 2.
Ask the child to trace the letters in the word DRINK. Ask him to use green for a predictable spelling pattern and red for an unusual one.
Ask the child to say the word DRINK and place a chip in a box for each sound he hears. Ask him how many sounds he hears.
Ask the child to write the letters to make the word DRINK. Ask the child how to spell the word DRINK letter by letter.
Optional: use a coding chart to mark spelling patterns.

Include the word DRINK when teaching or reviewing the following topics: beginning blends, glued sound – ng nk.

Printing options: outlines and black lines.

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